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Eat Like A Star: Allison Baver

Want to look like a star? Have what they're having! Every Tuesday, we'll tell you what healthy breakfast helps our favorite SELFy Stars kick off their day. This week, we talked to Olympic speed skater Allison Baver!

Want to look like a star? Have what they're having! Every Tuesday, we'll tell you what healthy breakfast helps our favorite SELFy Stars kick off their day. This week, we talked to Olympic speed skaterAllison Baver!

"Breakfast becomes challenging when traveling and I need to improvise as much > as possible," says Baver. "I also eat different things depending on my workout or my goals. I recently started adding yogurt in the morning for the probiotic benefit."

You don't need to be an Olympic athlete to reap yogurt's belly-flattening abilities. People on a low-cal diet that included fat-free yogurt lost 81 percent more ab fat than did those on a similar plan that didn't include yogurt, a study from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville found. The balance of carbs and protein can keep blood sugar levels steady and stave off hunger, while calcium may help your body store less fat.

Probiotics, the healthy bacteria in yogurt, have been linked to strong immune systems and a lower risk for gum disease and even some cancers. But not all yogurts have enough of the good stuff. The National Yogurt Association's Live & Active Cultures seal appears on some cartons that do (such as Yoplait's). Add honey for a lift. It contains prebiotics, a carb that helps yogurt's bugs thrive. Bonus: one cup of nonfat plain yogurt packs a third of your daily calcium and 12 to 14 grams of filling protein.

Baver usually mixes her yogurt with muesli (uncooked oats, nuts, dried fruit). A study in The Journal of Nutritionfound that women who ate a low-glycemic index, fiber-rich breakfast of muesli (aka uncooked oats, nuts, dried fruit), milk, yogurt and peaches burned more fat when they worked out three hours later compared to women who worked out after eating a high-glycemic, low-fiber breakfast of cornflakes, milk, white bread and jam. To burn even more calories when you hit the gym, nosh on Baver's balanced breakfast, below: